Tag: "sustainable building"

The Most Efficient Home Is One That's Built Already

The Most Efficient Home Is One That's Built Already

Making new homes more efficient is not enough. To solve our energy and environmental problems, we have to make our existing homes much more efficient.

 
Jim Gunshinan

Post on Oct 17, 2008 by

The Building is Platinum

The Building is Platinum

The California Academy of Sciences is officially the greenest museum on the planet.

 
Cat

Post on Oct 15, 2008 by

Producer's Notes: Beyond Solar: Do It Yourself Home Energy

Producer's Notes: Beyond Solar: Do It Yourself Home Energy

When we started working on this project, we thought it would be easy to find people to interview: D.I.Y.ers with a passion for sustainable building who were testing out new technologies in their backyards. We found a handful of great subjects, but we never quite tapped into that centralized hub we'd envisioned. And that, it turned out, was the point. When you're a D.I.Y.er, you tend to D things Y.

 
Amy Standen

Post on Aug 01, 2008 by